Fort Worth Stockyards

This weekend we went up to Fort Worth for the NASCAR race but we got up there early Friday and decided to make a trip to the Fort Worth Stockyards it was something that none of us had ever did before but that I had always wanted to see.  It was definitly something to see.  We didn't get to see the cattle moved but we did get to see Billy Bob's, the famous sign and lots of cattle being moved for the rodeo that night.

While we were walking Zach discovered that there was a horse riding place down by the hotel.. he told Tim that he wanted to ride and Tim told him he didn't see any horses down there.. then his come back was come on.. can't a kid have some fun..so we walked down there and there weren't any horses but the guy told us that they would be back soon that we could go ahead and fill out the paperwork.  So I was working on the paperwork when the guy walked over to where Tim and Zach were waiting and he asked Zach what he did.. he told him that he was a baseball player.. the guy goes wow I've never met a professional baseball player before.  So the horses came back and they took Zach in the arena.  He got to ride a beautiful paint horse...

Zach had a blast!  While he was riding a cowboy who does the guy fighting came up and he started talking to the guy that was walking Zach around then the guy told the cowboy that Zach was a professional baseball player so the cowboy goes really what kind of money does a baseball player make?  Zach got shy and won't say anything so I go he makes a piece of bubble gum..(that is what his coach gives all the boys after a game) and the cowboy goes that sounds like a pretty good deal. 

Here is a little video of our little cowboy...

Daytona!!!! Day One!

Ok let me first say this should have been on here last week but I have been busy busy... you will see... We actually did this trip Valentines weekend...


Tim and I were invited to go along with our friends Alan and Sherry to Daytona Beach, Florida to watch the Budweiser Shootout and to watch Sherry wave the flag for Kevin Harvick for qualifing on Sunday.  Let me just say we had an fabulous weekend!

It started Friday morning, we got up and got Zach off to school then Alan & Sherry came and picked us up.  We had a great trip we ended up having a little bit of a lay over in Charlotte which was great we ended up eating at a nascar themed cafe in the airport then it was off to Daytona!

Airport baggage..

Entrace to turn 4

 Jr and Jimmie Johnson.. look how close they are!!

After Dinner at Chili's it was time to try to make it over for the finish to the Budweiser Draw party..This is where the drivers learn where they will be running for the Budweiser Shootout.  They have a line of Budweisers bottles on a Bar and the drivers pick their bottle and then the bottle will have a number and that is what tells them the order they will line up.

Joey Lagano - Home Depot #20

Come on we can't go to a Budweiser event without seeing a Bud Girl...

Aren't we cute! 

Alan & Sherry.. Aren't they cute!

Ok if you watch Nascar and watch Speed's preshows then you know who this is.. Rutledge!

.We had to get our pictures with him too!

End of Day one.. it was a great first day and we saw so much in that first day but little did we know what was in store for us the rest of the weekend!